Don, I'm using XP. I did as you described, and found that both primary and secondary IDE controllers were already set to DMA If Available. That leads me to suspect that, perhaps, that isn't the problem, after all, contrary to Jukka's suggestion.
Perhaps, since I hear chip prices are soon to start falling again, I should just invest in 2gigs of ram, boost my system resources, and see if that'll improve Easy CD-DA Extractor's on-the-fly performance. Thanks, anyhow. Blessed Be, Dana D. S. Leslie, née C. R. Guttman Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: dsleslie Web: ÞE OL' PHILOSOPHIE SHOPPE Your Source for Discounted Ideas http://members.cox.net/dsleslie2/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Ball" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 7:18 PM Subject: Re: IDE Channels & DMA > if you are under windows 98 you will need to check dma support for each > drive on the ide channels. Go to device manager and right click on each > drive and go to properties. and make sure dma support is checked. > if you are in xp you will need to select the primary or secondary ide > controler and right click on it and select properties and go to the > advance > tab. tab through the selections and set all of the channels to dma if > available. that should fix the problem.----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dana S. Leslie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC-Audio" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:22 AM > Subject: Fw: IDE Channels & DMA > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dana S. Leslie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "BlindTech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:22 AM > Subject: IDE Channels & DMA > > >> I'm trying to improve the performance of Easy CD-DA Extractor. Jukka >> Poikolainen suggests that I make sure that all the IDE channels on my >> computer are set to DMA Transfer Mode, and he refers me to an >> incomprehensible Microsoft bulletin to explain what this means and how to >> accomplish it. Can anyone else explain this to me, more comprehensibly? >> also, the only other time I've encountered "IDE" is in connection with >> hard drive controllers. But I'm ripping from CD directly to an external >> USB drive. Are the IDE channels (whatever they are) even relevant here? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Blessed Be, >> >> Dana >> that's Dayna, D A N A, NOT Donna, D O N N A >> >> D. S. Leslie, née C. R. Guttman >> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Skype: dsleslie >> Web: ÞE OL' PHILOSOPHIE SHOPPE >> Your Source for Discounted Ideas >> http://members.cox.net/dsleslie2/ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we > offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we > offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com